Belton Dam Project to Cost 22 Million Start June
The Leon River dam near Belton will cost 22.5 million dollars and begin in June under Col. B F Robinson of the Galveston district. Initial contract bids will be advertised in May. The structure will be about 5,100 feet long with concrete center and earthen wings, rising 190 feet above the river. Land acquisition within the conservation pool is needed. beyond that, decisions are pending. Construction will relocate roughly two miles of State Highway 86 and about 20 miles of county roads while hydroelectric installation is planned for the future.
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Galveston Army District Engineer
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Corps of Engineers Laboratory
Galveston
Temple Telegram
Wallace Beery Dies at 64 in Beverly Hills
Wallace Beery famed as a lovable rugged film star died at his Beverly Hills home from a heart ailment. He was 64 and slated for funeral services Tuesday at Forest Lawn Glendale, with Rev. Ross Shafer presiding at the Church of the Resurrection. Beery known as Babe and Jumbo, tied for long screen career and won an Academy Award for The Champ. he starred with Marie Dressler in Min and Bill and Tugboat Annie. His films ranked him among top box office attractions from 1932 to 1935 and again in 1940.
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Marie Dressler
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Baptismal Services Planned at Cameron Churches
San Gabriel Baptist Church schedules baptism at 4 p m Sunday April 24 at First Baptist Church Cameron. Cameron Church will also hold baptism during the evening worship hour.
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San Gabriel Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Cameron
Cameron Church
Brogdon Attends 40th Southwestern Life Agents Meeting
S. FE. Brogdon, Cameron representative for Southwestern Life, attends the 40th annual agents convention in Houston, qualifying for 1950 by 1949 production. He led Central Texas agents in production, with chapters in Waco Temple Austin and Brownwood, and plans to return Saturday. The Tindalls of Cameron announce the birth of a daughter at St Edwards Hospital on April 19 1949 weighing nine pounds four ounces. they already have daughter Linda Gail.
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Presley B. Tindall
Cameron
St. Edwards Hospital
Tindall’s
Linda Gail
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